Federica Mogherini Quotes

Complementing the nation-state as it reaches its limits amid globalization: That is what Europe must offer.

No matter who becomes chancellor, Poland and Germany will remain neighbours, strategic partners, not only within the European Union, but also world partners, and I don't believe anything could change in our relations.

As complicated and complex and as difficult as we are, the unity of Europe is a pre-condition for a better organized world, and if the European Union would fail or decompose, or other members left, the U.S. would have a more difficult role to play in the world.

Poland is smaller than France or Germany, for example. What would a common foreign policy look like? Would the trip I took to Kiev last week require a detour through Brussels in the future? Would it require approval from Brussels? While the West, for its part, doesn't think twice about other countries when it comes to its projects?

China's reform and opening-up programme and Europe's integration process have both contributed significantly to global peace, development, and prosperity. China firmly supports the integration of Europe and regards the E.U. as a strategic partner that deserves our confidence.

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world.

The nations of Europe constitute a federative league, a commonwealth of nations which, though it has no central head, is so intimate and elaborate as to subject the action, and sometimes even the internal affairs, of each to surveillance and intervention on the part of all the others.

What we need now is a Treaty of the World not a Treaty of Rome.

The purpose of the European Union expansion is to bring stability to the East, and ultimately, that stability will come to Russia. There is no long term reason that Russia can't be part of the same peaceful community of nations.

My job is to prioritize multi-lateralism, and that of course interests Brazil, which is a global player. I'm representing 159 members, and one of them happens to be Brazil.

I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.

Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable.

International institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

Moscow would have to give up its its global aspirations and agree to obey rules that it had played no part in devising. European Commission President Romano Prodi expressed this formula best in 2002: Russia would share with the EU wvweything but institutions..... this meant Russia would adopt EU rules and regulations but would not be able to influence their development.

The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.

I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.

It's not for Germany to decide for the rest of Europe.

It is neither feasible nor desirable for Europe to establish itself as a geopolitical equal or competitor of the U.S.

The most important thing is that Europe has to remain united.

At the European table, we are systematically the most determined to advance a strategy of increased cooperation.

The European vision is the United Nations' vision.

The Liberal Democrats are proud pro-Europeans, and internationalists - and always will be.

If we believe that the EU is only a fair-weather event we will be doomed. The EU cannot be an answer only to the tragedies of the past but also to the problems of the future. We must understand that the geopolitical holidays are over. It's time to go back to school where there will be only hard exams to take.

There's something beautiful about working in the one place in the world where the world is present, like United Nations. Otherwise, one would have to go to each of these countries to negotiate.